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It would appear to be an outrageous argument that Narendra Modi has lost the battle of Maharashtra and Haryana. But it is the fact which even BJP’s leaders and also its ardent supporters would find tough to refute. Usually a prime minister does not devote too much of energy and time in stray electioneering. But the case of Modi has been quite different. He addressed more than a dozen of public rallies in Maharashtra and around 10 rallies in Haryana.

The outcomes of Maharashtra and Haryana Elections are giving a silver line of hope for Congress and its opposition allies. The much circulated picture of rain drenched Sharad Pawar addressing rally came out as the notion of a combative opposition, trying to save its last ground. As a matter of fact the fight from Central leadership of Congress was completely missing. If there is any silver lining on opposition performance, the credit must go to the ground workers and few state leaders in Haryana and Maharashtra. Emergence of a combative state leadership will be the only hope for Congress for its future. Evidently, The Central leadership imposed Dynastic Politics with Entitlement does not yield any dividend in the ground.

It may be too early to say that the latest election outcome indicates that the tide is turning, but there is little doubt that the days of the BJP’s surging success are over.

As of July 20, 2019, Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu became the longest-serving prime minister in Israel’s history, edging out the founding Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion.

It’s going to take pressure from the movements outside parliament to wring progressive concessions from the next Canadian government after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals won a minority in the October 21 election. Falling short of the 170 seats needed for outright control in parliament, Trudeau will have to rely on the support of other parties to pass legislation.

Global political scenario and relations are undergoing massive change with the United States under Donald Trump losing ground and Russia emerging fast as the new protector of global peace.

Weekly Round-Up of Major Decisions of the Courts in India as also Legal Policy Developments

After spending more than two months in custody, the Supreme Court on October 22 granted bail to Shri P. Chidambaram, former Union Home Minister, and Senior Advocate, in the INX Media case. The Court was hearing an appeal from the Delhi High Court order dated 30.09.2019 dismissing Mr. Chidambaram’s bail application, though the High Court found that there was no evidence of ‘flight risk’ or ‘tampering of evidence’. Before we analyse the Supreme Court’s bail order, it is important to understand the facts of this bizarre case, where a person accused of murdering her daughter, i.e., Indrani Mukerjee is ‘pardoned’ by CBI, and on the basis of her statement, he was arrested on 21st August, 2019.

The next three months are going to be crucial from the point of view of individual privacy. The government has informed the Supreme Court, hearing a plea by social media giants Facebook and Whatsapp for transfer of several cases involving decryption of private messages of their users from high courts to the apex court, that the rules governing the intermediaries would be finalised before the next hearing, which is scheduled for next January 15.

India’s banking sector is in deep crisis. There are no two opinions that it was on verge of collapse. The union government’s effort to pull it out of the crisis confirms it further. Difference relate to who is blaming whom for the crisis. The Modi fan club naturally blames the previous regimes as it cannot countenance even hint that the NaMo regime can ever err on any count. But such belief can be easily discarded or ignored as it is not based on comprehension of economics. But no one can dismiss the union finance minister Nirmala Seetharaman shoving the blame on the style of politics of the past.